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    <Distribution_Permissions>Free to use and freely redistributable.</Distribution_Permissions>
    <EULA>LICENSE AGREEMENT

This is a legal Evaluation Agreement between you, as licensee, and Software Institute, the AUTHOR. Upon receipt of your application indicating that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Evaluation Agreement and upon acceptance of such application by AUTHOR, AUTHOR shall license to you the SI Ping (the "Software Program").
BY DOWNLOADING AND RUNNING THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS EVALUATION AGREEMENT. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM MAY HAVE DEFECTS OR DEFICIENCIES, AND THAT CERTAIN FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS IN SUCH SOFTWARE PROGRAM MAY NOT BE IN SUBSEQUENT RELEASES.

1. GRANT OF LICENSE.

AUTHOR grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Software Program for the term of this License Agreement.

The Software Program is not free software. You may use this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days. If you use this software after the 30 day evaluation period, a registration fee is required. See ORDER.TXT file or 'Ordering Information' section in on-line help for detailed information about registration method and price list.

DISTRIBUTION OF EVALUATION VERSION

You may copy the evaluation version of this Software Program and documentation as you wish, and give exact copies of the original evaluation version to anyone, and distribute the evaluation version of the Software Program and documentation in its unmodified form via electronic means. You are not allowed to charge or request donations for any such copies made and from distributing the Software Program and/or documentation with other products without the author's written permission.

REGISTERED VERSION

One registered copy of the Software Program may either be used by a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers, or installed on a single workstation used non-simultaneously by multiple people, but not both. You may access the registered version of the Software Program through a network, provided that you have obtained individual licenses for the software covering all workstations that will access the software through the network.

AUTHOR, AT ITS SOLE OPTION, MAY RELEASE, CANCEL, AND/OR MODIFY THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM.

2. TERM AND TERMINATION.

This License Agreement shall commence on the date you install the Software Program and continue until the termination of this License Agreement by AUTHOR for breach by you of any of the terms and conditions herein.
If you elect to obtain a license for the Software Program, such Software Program shall be provided to you at AUTHOR's then current terms, conditions and license fees. By registering the program it is understood that you have evaluated the software thoroughly and have found it satisfactory for your needs.

3. TITLE.

Each Software Program and the information it contains, any updates and all copies are AUTHOR's or AUTHOR's licensors' property and title to such Software Program remains in AUTHOR or such licensors. All applicable rights in patents, copyrights and trade secrets in the Software Program are and shall remain in AUTHOR or AUTHOR's licensors.

4. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY.

The author and the supplier have no liability to the licensee or any other person or entity for any damage or loss, including special, incidental or consequential damages caused by this product directly or indirectly. The software is supplied "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. Warranties of merchantability or of fitness for any purpose are specifically disclaimed.

5. MISCELLANEOUS.

This License Agreement represents the entire and exclusive agreement between the parties and supersedes any and all prior agreements and communications with respect to the subject matter. The terms of this License Agreement shall apply notwithstanding any proposed variations or additions contained in any purchase order or other communication submitted by you. This software and accompanying documentation are protected by Canadian and United States copyright law under the North American Free Trade Agreement and also by other international treaty provisions.</EULA>
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    <Press_Release># # #

July 5, 2007

For Immediate Release

For more information contact:

Software Institute
http://www.softinstitute.com/

# # #

Test communication with remote computer and check its online status over the Internet with free visual Ping tool for Windows.

What did your mom do when you got sick as a kid? Most probably the first thing she did was giving you a thermometer to check your body heat. If you are trying to access a remote computer and are not getting a response, chances are that computer is not functioning properly. In other words, it might be sick. But how would you give a thermometer to that PC?

There is a free tool called ping.exe that comes with most versions of Windows. You can use this tool to poke the remote PC and check its response. To use ping.exe, you would typically invoke a command line, which would open a black console window, and type ping.exe followed with IP address of the computer you want to check. Usually you would get a response right in the console window in a matter of seconds. You would judge – or, rather, guess, - the remote computer’s health by the cryptic numbers printed as decimal integers. If the remote computer is not available, or if the network is not available, or if some link or a piece of hardware in between you and the remote PC has failed, you’ll get nothing. It is up to you to guess what and where have failed. 

SI Ping designed by Software Institute http://www.softinstitute.com/ , on the other hand, gives clearly legible and well formatted output by providing easy to understand and well explained numbers. It displays all the vital information, such as time to access the remote computer, in milliseconds, and allows you to ping more than one computer by simply selecting their address from a combo box. Thanks to its user-friendly, convenient user interface, SI Ping is much more convenient to use than the Windows ping.exe, being a great free replacement for the old-fashioned console-based tool.

Software Institute releases well-designed, simple to use products that help computer users solve one particular problem. Our products are free, and typically perform just one task, such as ping, trace route, or lookup, but do it in a convenient manner. We offer a number of free networking tools from http://www.softinstitute.com/soft/</Press_Release>
    <Headline>Check Status of Remote PC with SI Ping</Headline>
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    <ESC_FORM></ESC_FORM>
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      <Char_Desc_45>Free visual Internet Ping tool for Windows</Char_Desc_45>
      <Char_Desc_80>Ping remote Internet hosts with free visual Ping for Windows</Char_Desc_80>
      <Char_Desc_250>Test communication with remote computer and check its online status over the Internet with free and visual Ping tool for Windows. SI Ping gives clearly legible and well formatted ping results by providing easy to understand and well explained numbers</Char_Desc_250>
      <Char_Desc_450>Ping remote Internet hosts with free visual Ping for Windows. SI Ping gives clearly legible and well formatted ping results by providing easy to understand and well explained numbers. It displays all the vital information and allows you to ping more than one computer by simply selecting their address from a combo box. Thanks to its user-friendly, convenient user interface, SI Ping is much more convenient to use than the Windows ping.exe.</Char_Desc_450>
      <Char_Desc_2000>Test communication with remote computer and check its online status over the Internet with free and visual Ping tool for Windows.

What did your mom do when you got sick being a kid? Most probably the first thing she did was giving you a thermometer to check your body heat. If you are trying to access a remote computer and are not getting a response, chances are that computer is not functioning properly. In other words, it might be sick. But how would you give a thermometer to that PC?

There is a free tool called ping.exe that comes with most versions of Windows. You can use this tool to poke the remote PC and check its response. To use ping.exe, you would typically invoke a command line, which would open a black console window, and type ping.exe followed with IP address of the computer you want to check. Usually you would get a response right in the console window in a matter of seconds. You would judge - or, rather, guess, - the remote computer's health by the cryptic numbers printed as decimal integers. If the remote computer is not available, or if the network is not available, or if some link or a piece of hardware in between you and the remote PC has failed, you'll get nothing. It is up to you to guess what and where have failed. 

SI Ping, on the other hand, gives clearly legible and well formatted output by providing easy to understand and well explained numbers. It displays all the vital information, such as time to access the remote computer, in milliseconds, and allows you to ping more than one computer by simply selecting their address from a combo box. Thanks to its user-friendly, convenient user interface, SI Ping is much more convenient to use than the Windows ping.exe.

SoftInstitute releases well-designed, simple to use products that help computer users solve one particular problem. Our products are free, and typically perform just one task, such as ping, trace route, or lookup, but do it in a convenient manner.</Char_Desc_2000>
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